Changes in soil nitrogen cycling in a northern temperate forest ecosystem during succession

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-488

  Nave, L E ^a   Sparks, J P ^b   Le Moine, J ^a   Hardiman, B S ^c   Nadelhoffer, K J ^a   Tallant, J M ^a   Vogel, C S ^a   Strahm, B D ^d   Curtis, P S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine roots, nitrification; Nitrate, landscape ecosystems; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FINE ROOT; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 84911807499     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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